Food is so important to any athlete and as I have gotten older, I have found that my body needs a lot more TLC that when I was in my 20s. For example, last year while training for a half… Read More ›
Month: October 2012
Neda el Mon – 7.5k – Cold Waters
In college and high school I did the 6am practices and never got used to getting up, in fact, I think I grew increasing allergic to them. So waking up at 6am to swim in the cold Med for the… Read More ›
Part III Skin – How Swimming Makes You Ugly
SKIN As swimmers, we don’t get bruises like the women soccer or field hockey players but we do get chaffing. This is mostly caused by the harshness of the salt from sea but can also be caused by using a… Read More ›
The Three Women on the Team
Three out of 25. That’s what we would be. 3 out of 25 American women who’ve ever crossed the Strait of Gibraltar. Only 91 women have crossed since 1928- It’s mind blowing to be a part of this! And, we’re… Read More ›
Free from Gravity
From birth, man carries the weight of gravity on his shoulders. He is bolted to earth. But man has only to sink beneath the surface and he is free. – Jacques Cousteau
Part II – Shoulders – How Swimming Makes You Ugly
I admire with great envy women with wimpy spaghetti arms. As a swimmer, however, I will never be one of them. Casually shopping at lunch today, the sales woman, grabbed a shirt I was looking at and said, “Vaya, tu… Read More ›
Ranie Pearce – Interview
Ranie Pearce has quite an endurance swimming resume. A resident of the SF Bay area, where she swims year round in the frigid waters of the Pacific Ocean, she has swam across the Strait of Gibraltar, the English Channel, and… Read More ›
Mind Games
One thing I’m pretty good at is forcing myself to not think negative thoughts when swimming in the ocean. When Carrington waxes on about sharks or Emily flips about huge jellyfish, I usually say: “no, there’s nothing out there…. just… Read More ›
Part I – Hair – How Swimming Makes You UGLY
A casual comment from Mau after our last swim on how we are really getting big was a like a shot in between the eyes. Of course he meant it as a compliment because we are getting our arms and… Read More ›
Interview Susan and Emily after their 10K Sitges swim
Emily, Susan and I swam the 10K Marnaton from Sitges to Port Ginesta. Beautiful sunny day, current against us in the second half of the swim. I finished in 2:58 and was very proud of Susan who finished at 3:10 and… Read More ›
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